VR-525 2 weight Grand Sonnerie Laturndluhren

A fantastic lat with one weight driving the hour strike, the other weight the time and the quarter strike. Knife-edge suspension, lead-filled brass front and back bob, original weights in decent to good condition, very unusual free-standing beat scale, the silvered dial will look fantastic after being restored - a museum piece in as-found condition.

I just went down and studied the center section of the dial and can clearly make out the makers name in gorgeous caligraphy! Josef Fischer, in WIEN.

Kaftan tells us that Josef had a shop on Nuszdorferstrasse in the 9th district (Alsergrund) in 1829. So, the dial would be brought back in either a white silver or an aged silver with the original markings redone.